Anonymized data voluntarily provided by Kaspersky customers showed that 7 in 10 (68.95%) phishing attempts targeted finance-related transactions in the Philippines from February to April this year. This is the highest percentage […]
Cyber attackers have been staying way too long on a website or systems under attack, sometimes undetected. According to Sophos’ latest report “Active Adversary Playbook 2022,” there is a 36% increase in […]
With the COVID-19 pandemic still widespread in many countries in 2021, ransomware attacks on healthcare organizations also increased by 94%. This is one of the findings of Sophos’ report titled “The State […]
About 88% of organizations that fell victim to ransomware are willing to pay again should another attack happen. This is one of the findings of the new Kaspersky report, “How business executives […]
Ransomware groups are showing massive sophistication in terms of attacks and the way they operate. This is one of the significant findings highlighted in cybersecurity solutions firm Kaspersky’s report covering new ransomware […]
Ransomware payments hit new records in 2021 as cybercriminals increasingly turned to Dark Web “leak sites” where they pressured victims to pay up, according to research released by cybersecurity solutions firm Palo […]
Conti and Karma ransomware staged dual attacks and gained access to the network through an unpatched Microsoft Exchange Server of a healthcare provider. This is one of the findings of cybersecurity solutions […]
IBM FlashSystem Cyber Vault can detect and recover quickly from ransomware and other cyberattacks, according to the global technology firm. The new offering is designed to streamline all phases of cyberattack recovery […]
Organizations that had experienced a ransomware attack in the previous year, defined as multiple devices being impacted but not necessarily encrypted, reported considerably higher levels of awareness of the Zero-Trust approach. This […]
By Paul Prudhomme, Head of Threat Intelligence Advisory, IntSights, a Rapid7 company In August 2021, as many citizens in Manila looked to get vaccinated against COVID-19, the city’s vaccination website was attacked […]
The Agence France Presse (AFP) reported that members of the ransomware group responsible for the Kaseya attack last year were arrested by Russian officials, “as per the request” of the United States […]
Two years into the pandemic, Southeast Asia (SEA), like the rest of the world, is gearing up for a year of recovery in 2022. Companies and individuals of all ages are ready […]
AvosLocker ransomware has been using a combination of Windows Safe Mode and the AnyDesk remote administration tool in launching attacks. This is one of the findings of cybersecurity solutions company Sophos’ research. […]
Software development firm Cohesity developed a new offering that will improve the security of companies aiming to mitigate cyber-attacks. The new feature called Security Advisor is an addition to its Threat Defense […]
Over the past year, the Asia Pacific (APAC) region has seen an increase in ransomware attacks. The 2021 Unit 42 Ransomware Threat Report of cybersecurity solutions firm Palo Alto Networks revealed that […]
While ransomware will be much “deadlier” than before, cybercriminals have found new attack surfaces to target in 2022. This is just one of FortiGuard Labs, Fortinet’s global threat intelligence and research team, […]
By Genie Sugene Gan, Head of Government Affairs, Asia-Pacific, Kaspersky NotPetya, WannaCry, ShadowPad, and Sunburst may or may not be household names, but these malware, and many more, have unleashed significant harm […]
A trend that is currently building for the future on the side of the bad actor is that ransomware gangs are morphing into “everything gangs.” Instead of just doing ransomware and data […]
Attacks against payment systems and advanced mobile threats will grow in 2022. These are just two of the key predictions from Kaspersky’s ‘Cyberthreats to Financial Organizations in 2022’ report.” The cybersecurity solutions […]
The year 2021 saw an increase in cyber attacks not only in big companies but also in small businesses. Many researchers found that most of the threats are targeted toward anything related […]
The gravitational force of ransomware’s black hole is pulling in other cyberthreats to form one massive, interconnected ransomware delivery system and has significant implications for IT security, according to the Sophos 2022 […]
Cybersecurity solutions firm Sophos published an article “The Top 10 Ways Ransomware Operators Ramp Up the Pressure to Pay,” detailing how ransomware attackers are implementing a wide range of ruthless pressure tactics […]
Companies in the manufacturing sector are the least (19%) likely to submit to a ransom demand when hit by ransomware. This is among the findings of Sophos’ “The State of Ransomware in […]
Kaspersky Endpoint Security Cloud demonstrated 100% efficiency against ransomware attacks, according to a recent assessment by AV-TEST. As a result of three different scenarios and 113 attack samples, the product didn’t lose […]
Two-thirds of organizations have been the target of at least one ransomware attack, according to “The 2021 Ransomware Survey Report” by cybersecurity firm Fortinet. This, in spite of the claims by respondents […]
In early September, cybersecurity firm Trend Micro blocked 40.9 billion email threats, malicious files, and malicious URLs for customers in the first half of 2021 posting a 47% year-on-year increase. According to […]
Bolstering security postures proved to be far cheaper than paying for a ransomware attack. This is one of the findings in cybersecurity solutions company Sophos in its latest “The State of Ransomware […]
The latest report of cybersecurity firm Sophos reveals that as companies shifted to online trading, they became the top target of ransomware attacks. The “State of Ransomware in Retail” saw that retail, […]
The frequency of ransomware attacks has increased dramatically over the past year, with most of these costly attacks targeting businesses, according to a new study from Barracuda, a provider of cloud-enabled security […]
About a third of organizations worldwide have experienced ransomware attacks, according to the latest data from industry insights provider International Data Corp. (IDC). The attack either led to a data breach or […]
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